Anti-Spam Router -- opinions?

Tue Apr 6 20:44:53 UTC 2004

On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Petri Helenius wrote:
> Dan Hollis wrote:
> >On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:
> >>If you rate-limit 2 million compromised machines to 20 msgs/day each,
> >>there's only  400 million spams.  Total.
> >this implies network operators will suddenly find a clue, something which 
> >will never happen. ever.
> Clue is generally available in exchange of money. However it requires a 
> seed of foresight or clue to hire more in. Or a business neccessity and 
> a strike of luck. Clue only pays in the long run, so todays 
> quarter-capitalism does not promote clue.

So we need to make it expensive to avoid clue.

-Dan